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An alleged curse on Harry Kane has sparked renewed discussion of witchcraft, ritual practice, and religion in football, highlighting a decades-long history of spiritual claims that continue to follow the World Cup around the globe.
A federal civil rights investigation into Major League Baseball’s handling of Bible verses on Pride Night caps raises broader questions about religious accommodation, workplace expression, and how federal officials may balance competing claims of faith and inclusion.
Editor-in-chief Manny Tejeda-Moreno ponders a strange mass ritual experience, full of pomp and ceremony, known to some as “The Superbowl.”